Appendix One

Appendix One

Organisations and individuals who presented written public submissions and supplementary information to the committee

1

Insurance Council of Australia (NSW)

2

Mr David de Havelland (NSW)

3

NT Bio Dynamic Network (NT)

4

Mrs S Stafford (SA)

5

National Council of Women of Australia (VIC)

6

Consumers’ Association of South Australia Inc (SA)

Tabled at public hearing 22.8.00

  • The safety of GE foods : Reasons to expect hazards and the risk for their appearance

7

Ms Dorothy Pottage (VIC)

8

Serve-Ag Pty Ltd (TAS)

Supplementary information

9

Heritage Seed Curators Australia Inc (SA)

Tabled at public hearing 22.8.00

Supplementary information

10

Tasmanian Alkaloids Pty Ltd (TAS)

Tabled at public hearing 23.8.00

11

Canberra Consumers Inc (ACT)

12

Dr Sam Bridgeford (NSW)

13

Mr Andrew Walker-Morison (VIC)

14

Mr Elton Cleary (TAS)

15

Mr Bob Holderness-Roddam (TAS)

16

Mr Arnold Ward (SA)

17

National Genetic Awareness Alliance (VIC)

18

Mr George McLean (ACT)

19

The Environment Centre of WA (WA)

20

Ms Lisa McDermott (QLD)

21

Ms Ute Mueller (TAS)

22

Mr Greg Whitten (TAS)

23

Australian Law Reform Commission (NSW)

24

Bio-Dynamics Tasmania (TAS)

25

Mr Andrew Macintosh (TAS)

Supplementary information

26

Southern Cross University (NSW)

27

Ms Vicki Brooke (NSW)

28

Ms Patsy Hemsworth (VIC)

29

Mr Dallas Fraser and Mr David Lowe (QLD)

30

Mr James Langmead (TAS)

31

J Grevillea (NSW)

32

Avcare - National Association for Crop Production and Animal Health (ACT)

Tabled at public hearing 25.8.00

(This material was also provided in information folders on 1 October)

Supplementary information

33

Ms Toshi Knell (NSW)

34

Australian Centre for Environmental Law (ACT)

35

GE-Free Tasmania (TAS)

36

Valley Seeds Pty Ltd (VIC)

37

Mr Rick Calitz (TAS)

38

Mr Jesse Sleeman (SA)

39

Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (TAS)

Supplementary information

40

Australian Conservation Foundation (VIC)

41

Grains Research and Development Corporation (ACT)

42

Florigene Limited and Nugrain Pty Ltd (VIC)

43

Agrifood Awareness Australia (ACT)

44

Seed Industry of Australia (ACT)

45

Ms Kathy Liddell (VIC)

46

Mr Niko Antalffy (NSW)

47

Ms Ieva Gay (NSW)

48

Ms Sharon Kyriacou (NT)

49

Mr Ian Dowden and Ms Kathleen Canning (TAS)

50

Consumer Food Network of the Consumers’ Federation of Australia (QLD)

51

Friends of the Earth (Fitzroy) (VIC)

52

Mr Michael Dickson (NSW)

53

Professor Richard Roush, Waite Institute, University of Adelaide (SA)

Supplementary information

54

Organic Federation of Australia Inc (VIC)

Tabled at public hearing 23.8.00

Supplementary information

55

Ms Leila Huebner (VIC)

Supplementary information

56

Australian United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association Ltd and Fresh Produce Watch (NSW)

57

Mr John Todd (NSW)

58

Australian Biotechnology Association (VIC)

Tabled at public hearing 24.8.00

Supplementary information

GM-food: Secret Scientists or Obfuscatory Opponents? David Tribe;

Applying the Precautionary Principle to Genetically Modified Crops, Indur M. Goklany, Policy Study No 157, August 2000, CSAB, Washington University in St. Louis, with News Release;

World Food Prospects: Critical Issues for the Early Twenty-First Century, Per Pinstrup-Andersen et al, IFPRI, October 1999, and

Assorted graphs from IFPRI report.

Public Good Research Example - nutriceutical/functional food;

The Political Economy of Agricultural Biotechnology for the Developing World, Klaus M Leisinger.

Documentation of herbicide tolerant mutant plant varieties on the market in Australia and elsewhere;

Comments relating to BSE.

Documentation of the low risks of possible movement from antibiotic resistance markers from GM-food to gut bacteria;

Comments on mobile DNA and risks, and transposable elements and retroelements;

Health GMO release example, copy of draft paper ‘Vaccination against typhoid fever: potential for a GMO release’.

59

Meat and Livestock Australia Limited (NSW)

60

District Council of Grant (SA)

61

Aventis CropScience Australia Pty Ltd (VIC)

Tabled at public hearing 23.8.00

Supplementary information

62

Australian Cotton Growers Research Association and Cotton Research & Development Corporation (NSW)

63

AWB Ltd (VIC)

64

Mr Patrick Hockey (VIC)

65

Mr Adrian McKinley (NSW)

66

M/s Strider (NT)

67

Mr Graig Gange-Holloway (VIC)

68

Ms Herminie Swainston (NSW)

69

Friends of the Earth (Perth, WA Group) (WA)

70

Professor Adrian Gibbs (ACT)

71

Australian Food and Grocery Council (ACT)

Supplementary information

72

Mr Patrick M Guerin (NSW)

73

Ms Janet Ablitt (VIC)

74

Ms Josephine Firns (SA)

75

Ms Nannette George (VIC)

76

NSW Farmers’ Association (NSW)

77

Department of Health and Aged Care (ACT)

(Interim Office of the Gene Technology Regulator)

Tabled at public hearing 14.8.00

Document provided 18.8.00

Tabled at public hearing 25.8.00

Supplementary information

78

Institute of Public Affairs Ltd (VIC)

79

Mr Kim Healy (VIC)

80

Mr Scott Molloy (QLD)

81

South Australian Farmers Federation (SA)

82

Environs Kimberley (WA)

83

Mr Steven Bailie (QLD)

84

Queensland Government (QLD)

Supplementary information

85

ACF GeneEthics Network (VIC)

Tabled at public hearing 24.8.00

Supplementary information

86

World Wide Fund for Nature and The Humane Society International (ACT)

87

Mr and Mrs Richard Underwood (VIC)

88

National Farmers’ Federation (ACT)

89

Tasmanian Government (TAS)

90

DuPont Technical Centre (NSW)

Tabled at public hearing 25.8.00

91

Western Australian Government (WA)

92

Ms Teresa Sutton (VIC)

93

Dr Kate Clinch-Jones (SA)

94

Monsanto Australia Ltd (VIC)

95

Mr Dick Adams MP (TAS)

96

Ms Fiona Murdoch (QLD)

97

Mr Edward Nieman (WA)

98

Novartis Australia Pty Ltd (NSW)

99

Ms Kathy Harris (NSW)

100

Professor Peter Gresshoff (QLD)

101

Ms Frances Murrell (VIC)

102

CSIRO (ACT)

Supplementary information

103

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (ACT)

104

Dow AgroSciences (NSW)

105

Australian Cotton Co-operative Research Centre (NSW)

106

Gene Ethics Network - Perth (WA)

107

Food Industry Council of Tasmania (TAS)

108

Ms Margaret Waspe (VIC)

Supplementary information

109

Dr Anne Campbell (ACT)

110

South Australian Government (SA)

111

Dr I Furzer (NSW)

112

Ms Margaret Zehntner (NT)

113

Ms Margretta Sculthorp (NSW)

114

Ms Brenda J Rosser (TAS)

115

Victorian Government (VIC)

116

Mr Nicholas Tonti-Filippini (VIC)

117

Mr and Mrs de Burgh-Day (TAS)

118

GeneEthics Sydney (NSW)

119

Mr and Mrs L Mendoza (VIC)

120

Ms Cristina Jovellan

121

Ms Kirrily Jordan (NSW)

122

Residents Against Genetically Engineered Food (NSW)

123

Ms Anne Redsell (VIC)

124

Mr and Mrs M Blake (WA)

125

Mr Steven Bailie (QLD)

Additional Information

Dr T J Higgins, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Plant Industry - Additional information following presentation given to the Committee on 14 August, dated 8 September 2000.